Venser, The Human Superball
Commander / EDH
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More or less direct upgrades —Dec. 23, 2025
IN: Peregrine Drake, Waterbending Scroll, Muddle the Mixture
OUT: Phantasmal Image, Endless Atlas, Disallow
Now that this deck is leaning in more of a target-it's-own-creatures direction with Displacer Kitten, Phantasmal Image seems like a bad include. Peregrine Drake is busted with Displacer Kitten and mana doublers. I'll try the swap out.
Waterbending Scroll seems straight up better than Endless Atlas in like 90% of cases. Next.
In the probably 50+ games I've played with this deck with the inclusion of Disallow, I don't think the "Counter activated or triggered ability" has mattered even a single time. When you're bouncing everyone's boards so often one ability usually is not going to make the difference. That means in this deck it's essentially just overcosted standard Counterspell. I had Muddle the Mixture in here a while ago but wasn't impressed, but since then the deck has only grown in it's inclusions of powerful two-drops. Currently it can get Gilded Drake, Snapcaster Mage, Cyclonic Rift, Mana Drain, Pull From Tomorrow, Wan Shi Tong, etc. I think it'll be good.
I might experiment with Scour for Scrap over Concentrate. I think the deck probably has enough card draw. (Note to self, maybe Caged Sun is the correct thing to cut here because I probably don't need that much redundancy on the mana doubling if I am replacing it with a tutor)